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A Linux Leafsite
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<!-- Changed by: Bernhard Hailer, 21-Feb-1997 -->
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<IMG SRC="vortrag.jpg" ALT="Linux">
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<!IMG SRC="linux.gif" ALT="Linux">
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<!IMG SRC="isdn.gif" ALT="ISDN">
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<BR>
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<FONT SIZE=+3>How to Build a Linux Leafsite
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<FONT SIZE=+3><B>T</B></FONT>his
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WWW pages tells you how to create easily a "leafsite" (a computer without
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permanent connection to the Internet), saving money, but very powerful.
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Using a terminal program you can't do too much - you can "telnet" to
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somewhere; but transferring binary data is somewhat difficult with it.
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So we use a protocol allowing temporarily a full connection of our computer
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to the Internet: PPP (Point to Point Protocol). You get an own IP address
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while the connection is established. With this, you can use FTP or WWW
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browsers, for example.
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Connections into the Internet cause bigger telephone bills, so we must
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do as much as possible "off line" - i.e. we should be able load down email
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and news, and read them after download without an active connection.
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This procedures are described here, too.
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<H2>Requirements</H2>
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<H3>General</H3>
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You must have access to your provider. Please ask him what you need to
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connect to him.
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These pages contain a database file (which currently is very small) with
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the data of some providers. If you can add an entry I would be very pleased.
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<H3>Hardware</H3>
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You need an ISDN card or a modem. The software described here (isdn4linux)
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supports cards with a special Siemens chip set on it (ISAC and HSCX), and also
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some other cards. Read the FAQ (also loadable from these pages - people who
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loaded down the archive must load down the FAQ in an extra step!).
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<H3>Software</H3>
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You need the PPP daemon, which comes with each Linux distribution. If you
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use a ISDN card and need a modem emulation, you need the "ISDN4Linux" ("i4l")
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package by Fritz Elfert. I describe it here
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because of some practical reasons. Also available are some other packages like
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"UISDN" by Matthias Urlichs. Only i4l offers kernel internal drivers yet,
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however.
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If you want to be told about the development of the i4l software you should
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subscribe to the isdn4linux mailing list (about 30 mails per day). Therefore
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you should send an email containing
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<PRE>
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subscribe isdn4linux <I><your_own@email.address></I>
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</PRE>
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in the body to
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<PRE>
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<A HREF="mailto:majordomo@listserv.isdn4linux.de">majordomo@listserv.isdn4linux.de</A>
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</PRE>
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(no subject required). The folks talking there also speak English.
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<ADDRESS>
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<A HREF="gnulis_e.html" TARGET=Main>Copyright © (GPL V 2)</A> 1996
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<A HREF="http://www.chemie.uni-muenchen.de/ac/boehm/beh.html">Bernhard Hailer</A><BR>
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Last modification: 21-Feb-97 BeH
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